Daphne Preece
@daphnepreece55.bsky.social
Wife, retired hospital chaplain, geographer, gardener, photographer, quilter,
Longing for a start date for passenger trains; the sooner the better!
Britain's newest station, Winslow. @everylaststation.bsky.social @trainstramstracks.bsky.social @modernrailways.keypublishing.com @railfocus.bsky.social @railwaydave.insanity.tube @chilternrailway.bsky.social will be the SFO - when the contracts are signed. Trains by December? Why?
May 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Longing for a start date for passenger trains; the sooner the better!
Happy International Nurses Day!
Grateful thanks to nurses everywhere for their skill, dedication and care.
Florence Nightingale was born 205 years ago today. I wonder what she would make of the NHS in 2025?
Grateful thanks to nurses everywhere for their skill, dedication and care.
Florence Nightingale was born 205 years ago today. I wonder what she would make of the NHS in 2025?
May 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Happy International Nurses Day!
Grateful thanks to nurses everywhere for their skill, dedication and care.
Florence Nightingale was born 205 years ago today. I wonder what she would make of the NHS in 2025?
Grateful thanks to nurses everywhere for their skill, dedication and care.
Florence Nightingale was born 205 years ago today. I wonder what she would make of the NHS in 2025?
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In Hitler's last will and testament, dictating hours before he committed suicide, 80 years ago in April 1945, he insisted that no one had wanted war in 1939. It had been forced on him by 'international Jewry and its helpers.'
Trump has fully turned on Zelenskyy: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
April 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In Hitler's last will and testament, dictating hours before he committed suicide, 80 years ago in April 1945, he insisted that no one had wanted war in 1939. It had been forced on him by 'international Jewry and its helpers.'
Brilliant thread - worth reading right through
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Brilliant thread - worth reading right through
Haven’t seen the film, but my husband told me the other day he’s writing ‘No balloons’ in his funeral instructions, ‘because they pollute the countryside’.
What you think about the balloon release in the new Bridget Jones Diary film? #baloonsblow
February 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Haven’t seen the film, but my husband told me the other day he’s writing ‘No balloons’ in his funeral instructions, ‘because they pollute the countryside’.
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Wonderful time at #Oxford Playhouse experiencing ‘A Man For All Seasons’ with Martin Shaw & Gary Wilmot. The acting & Robert Bolt’s writing brilliantly portrayed the story; history, yet a timeless story of integrity in the face of others’ self interest.
February 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Wonderful time at #Oxford Playhouse experiencing ‘A Man For All Seasons’ with Martin Shaw & Gary Wilmot. The acting & Robert Bolt’s writing brilliantly portrayed the story; history, yet a timeless story of integrity in the face of others’ self interest.
Seems I was gloriously premature - birds are now singing - nature is amazing - there is still hope.
I’m remembering that 26 years ago this was the morning after my father had died. I woke early. I heard the first bird sing, then another, till a glorious chorus resounding with hope.
This morning I woke early, I listened - nothing. So sad.
This morning I woke early, I listened - nothing. So sad.
January 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Seems I was gloriously premature - birds are now singing - nature is amazing - there is still hope.
I’m remembering that 26 years ago this was the morning after my father had died. I woke early. I heard the first bird sing, then another, till a glorious chorus resounding with hope.
This morning I woke early, I listened - nothing. So sad.
This morning I woke early, I listened - nothing. So sad.
January 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I’m remembering that 26 years ago this was the morning after my father had died. I woke early. I heard the first bird sing, then another, till a glorious chorus resounding with hope.
This morning I woke early, I listened - nothing. So sad.
This morning I woke early, I listened - nothing. So sad.
Wonderful performance of ‘The Armed Man’ in Milton Keynes last night.
Powerful and poignant.
When will we ever learn?
Powerful and poignant.
When will we ever learn?
January 20, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Wonderful performance of ‘The Armed Man’ in Milton Keynes last night.
Powerful and poignant.
When will we ever learn?
Powerful and poignant.
When will we ever learn?
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